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Tuesday, 17 September 2013

A fairly unique experience.

I had an experience today that I don’t think too many
authors would have had. At work, I catalogued a couple of books. Not unusual?
No, of course not, except that when I went to put the spine labels on, they
each had F STE on them. Yes, I catalogued and covered my own books for the
school library! I’ve done it before for books that I’ve illustrated, but
actually being able to put that spine label on was a wonderful feeling!
Unfortunately, I haven’t had the joy of seeing them on the shelf (or even
better, being taken off) because they went to the library on the Secondary
campus and I work at Primary, but all the same, it was fun. I had secretly
hoped that the school library barcode on one of them could be 24601 (anyone who
knows my favourite book will know why) but unfortunately that was already taken
and we’re up to numbers beginning with 26... Ah well, I can’t have everything!

Trees Are Not Lollipops

This is my motto, first heard when I was five years old and asked to draw a tree. Our teacher looked at all the drawings we'd done and said, "They're lovely, but remember trees are not lollipops". She made us look at trees more closely and see what they really looked like. It helped me with my drawings, but now I apply it to everything. I don't accept what other people say about something or someone until I've looked carefully for myself.